St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-12

| human and sata, NC pursuit. trGSSe1 over
| Oh, | shake hands OF congratuianon Wltl
all the bereavcd in he CONSIDERATION ina
our departed ChristiaA' TRENDS are SAFE!
Pause and weep, not from J. ne lF'eo rom pam
But that the sigh of love shouA pun ''leli' o'cV
again.
ask the question, and Their. SEEMS u
come back the answer in heavenly emo
| ''What will you never be sick a. Ollie
"Never-sick-again.
"What! will you never be tired AGAIN.
Observation-Disclosures
"What! will you never weep again"
''NeVer-Wccp-again.
''What! will you never die again:''
Acknowledgements"
"Oh, We army of departed kindred, we
hail you from bank to bank. Wait for US
when the Jordan of death shall part for
between the widowed banks of earth and
the palm groves of heaven.
On Jordan's stormy banks stand,
And cast a Wistful eye
To Canaan fair and happy land.
Where my possessions lie.
0, the transporting, rapturOuS scene
That rises on my sight!
Sweet fields arraycd in living green,
And rivers of delight.
But there is one step still in advance.
suggested by this subject. If this religion
of Christ is so important in life, ana SO
important in the last hours Of life, how
much more important it will be in the great
eternity. | need not stanl here and
argue it. There is something within your
soul that says now, while | speak:
II am immortal; the stars shall die, but
| am immortal"
If | could come ineo your heart this mo.
ment, would see that many of you, my
dear friends, had vowed to be the Lords
know not what sickness it was, or what
trial; but verify believe there is not
man in the house but has some time VOW ell
he would be the Lords. 1t might have
been at the time when your child lay sick,
you said:
co. Lord, if thou wilt let this child get
well, | will be Chrstian.''
Or it might have been in some business
trouble, when you have said:
go Lord, if thou wilt let me keep my
property, | will be a Christian"
You kept your property, your child got
well, the peril passed. Arc you a
Christian! History says that long ago it
had been announced that the world was
coming to an end, and there was great ex.
element in London. 1t was said that the
world would perish on a certain Friday. On
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day the people were in the cathedral,
praying and weeping. 1t seemed as if the
whole English nation was being convert
ed to God, for it was announced as GER
tain by philosophers that on that
coming Friday the world would per-
ism. Friday came, and there were no
portents, no fires in the air, no earth
quakes The day passed along just like
every other day, and when it was past and
the night came, it is said that in London
there was a scene Of riot, and wassail
and drunkenness, and debauchery such
as had never been witnessed. They for
got their repentance, they forgot their
good resolutions. D how much human
nature in that! While trials and misfort-
unes come to US, and we are down deep in
darkness and trouble, we make vows.
We say:
20 Lord, do so, and will do So"
The darkness passes, the peril goes
away. We are as we were before, or
worse, for OH how often have seea men
start for the kingdom Of God, come to
within arms reach of it, and then go back
farther from God than they ever were
before, dropping from the very moment of
their privilege into darkness for ever.
Oh, how ungrateful we have been! Do
you know how much God has done for
you and for mea Have you never felt its
How much he did for you to-dayI Who
spread the table for you9 Who watched
you last nightl Who has been kind and
good to you all your life long9
Oh, how ungrateful we have been!
Methinks the goodness of God ought to
lead this whole audience to repentance |
know not your individual history. Some
of you l never saw BEFORE some of you I
will never see again; but know that God
has been good to you. What return have
you made9 There was steamer on one
of the Western lakes heavily laden with
passengers, and there was a little child
who stood on the side of the taffrail
leaning over and watching the water
when she lost her balance and dropped
into the waves. The lake was very
rough. The mother cried:
''Save my child! Save my chlld!"
There seemed none disposed to leap into
dog on deck. He looked up in his mas
ter's face, as if for orders. His master
SAID:
'.Tray, overheard catch 'emp'
The dog sprang into the water, caught
SAlIu ny 4iShnof anu ." an
back to the steamer. The child was
picked up by loving hands, the dog was
lifted on deck, and the mother, ere she
tainted away in utter Thanksgiving
to that dog, threw his arms around
it's neck and kissed it; but the dog
shook himself off from her embrace, and
went and laid down as though he had &C
complished nothing Shall mother be
grateful to a dog that saved her child, and
be ungrateful to the Son of God, from the
heights of Heaven, plunged into the depth
of darkness, and suffering, and woe, that
he might lift US up out of that sin, and place
us on the rock of ages2 Oh, the height,
the depth, the length, the ininity, the hor-
ror of our ingratitude! Don't you treat
Jesus that way any more. Don'tyou thrust
him back from sour soul. He has been
the best friend ever had. You will